The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-08

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broken near the wrist. Brennan had
his clothing nearly stripped from him
and one of his legs slightly cut.
Wilkesboro Chronicle: Wilkes
county's great stay, the corn crop, is
the most abundant for years: So are
vegetables of every kind. 1t is o
derful to notice the roads, how hard
they are packed by the hauling OF corn
over them. 1t is undoubtedly the
largest crop for many years, and new
cribs and granaries have been built all
over the county in order to store 1t
away.
Lumberton Robesonaan: While
nearly everybody in Lumberton had
something to be thankful for on
Thanksgiving, none, probably, more
than j. T. Sutton and VIM. Freeman,
for in some way they were enabled on
that day to escape from the jail, leav.
ing ten of a twelve months imprison.
ment unsatisfed. 1t was whiskey that
got them in Jail and whiskey that got
them out again,
High Point Enterprise: A school OF
practical mechanics, wood working,
iron turning, ETC., will shortly be
opened at Trinity Callege. Various
parties have presented a large steam
engine, and all the necessary tools for
the equipment of a first class shop.
Industrial education is what we need.
Mr.. John Chamberlain, of David
son county, killed a porker Monday
which weighed 665 pounds.
Tarboro Southerney: Friday night a
thief went to the hog pen of Mr.. J. j.
Britt and killed and butchered his fat
test hog. The pen is not over twenty
five yards from the house where Mr..
Britt is very sick from pneumonia and
where friends were at the.time setting
up with him. The hog feeder lives
scarcely a dozen yards from the pen
and he says he knows nothing and
heard nothing of the nocturnal vista
ton.
Henderson Gold Lea(:: Our Oxford
friends are somewhat exercised over
what they consider an injustice about
to be done them in the location of the
depot of the Richmond & Henderson
(Oxford & Clarksville) Railroad. From
present indications it looks as if the
company intends to side-track Oxford,
building it's line away outside this edge
of town, and the citizens are very
justly demonstrating against such treat
ment.
Rockingham Rocket: The directors
of Roberdel Manufacturing Company,
at a call meeting last week, decided to
increase the stock Of the company
twenty per cent, thus raising the cap
ital stock to $l25, 900, the privilege of
increase being confined to the present
share-holders.-On the 2lst inst,
Mr.. w. W. Ellerbe killed 7 hogs
whose ages were Is months and 81
days. The total weight of the 7 hogs
was l,426 pounds each. We don'4
much like to lug in the fact here, but
those hogs were raised in stock law
territory, and Of course have been kept
up all the year. You can apply the
fact to suit yourself.
Roanoke News: Mr.. James E. Moore
had a difficulty with a colored woman
last Friday, which came near proving
fatal to him. The woman was picking
up chips at his gin. Mr.. Moore or
dered her to leave and told her he
would thrash her if she came there
again; she at once commenced to curse
and abuse him. He started toward
her: she picked up an AXE and threat
ened to kill him. He then went into
the engine house which was near by
and returned with a stick four or five
feet long, and walking up to the wo-
man pushed her back and struck her
with the stick. She instantly gave
him a blow on the head with the axe
which knocked him senseless. MI.
Moore is improving but still confined
to his bed. .-::st-.
Charlotte Chronicle: Yesterday
morning a colored man named Smith
was instantly killed by earth caving in
on him at the Pacolet cotton factory.
They were digging the foundation for
the new picking room. His neck was
broken, besides receiving other in
juries.-The Liberia fever has again
broken out in this section, and the
darkies are moving away. Yesterday
foIr cOlOred families from paw Croak